Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.

    Plattwurm

    пло́ский червьplóskij červʹ

    пло́ский червplóskyj červ

    parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body

Examples

4 sentences
  1. A decapitated planarian flatworm grows a new brain complete with all its old memories.

    deEinem Plattwurm, dem der Kopf abgetrennt wurde, wächst ein neues Hirn mit allen seinen alten Erinnerungen.

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  2. After growing and multiplying, the flatworms leave the snail and re-enter the lake or stream.

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  3. Martino studied flatworms.

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  4. Tunnels within sea ice called brine channels house bacteria and algae that feed flatworms and other tunnel-dwelling creatures.

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Translations

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worm of Platyhelminthes:
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Origin

From flat + worm, a calque of taxonomic name Platyhelminthes.

From flat + worm, a calque of taxonomic name Platyhelminthes.

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Forms

plural: flatworms
Singularflatworm
Pluralflatworms

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body:platyhelminth

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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